Archives
February 2007
Dan Gerstein, Greg Sargent and a Word on TransparencyThe editors of the Politico shouldn't get off so easily in a little Internet spat.
By Paul McLeary Wed 28 Feb 2007 04:00 PM Bloggers Welcome Back Woodruff With Tears and TantrumsThe vast majority of bloggers were moved by To Iraq and Back.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 28 Feb 2007 03:34 PM Egypt Shuts Down Insurgent TV, But Other U.S. Allies Keep It LiveEgypt this week pulled the plug on Al-Zawraa -- but viewers who still want their fix of anti-American mayhem can continue to watch the channel's offerings.
By Lawrence Pintak Wed 28 Feb 2007 01:44 PM Forget the Peripheral Stuff at Gitmo. The Story Is Who's There and Why?On the whole, stories from the last six months have not treated the essential question about Guantanamo: Who is there and why?
By Gal Beckerman Wed 28 Feb 2007 12:24 PM How Tone-Deaf Is CNBC?Each time Maria Bartiromo reports on Citigroup, rightly or wrongly, the knot of questions she has not answered become newly relevant.
By Edward B. Colby Tue 27 Feb 2007 06:06 PM John Solomon Gives Us Less Than Meets the Eye -- AgainAnother non-starter on the front page of the Post, by their resident non-starter reporter.
By Paul McLeary Tue 27 Feb 2007 03:05 PM On DaimlerChrysler Story, Reuters Dashes Off A CliffThe frenzied speculation surrounding Chrysler's future has not let up.
By Edward B. Colby Mon 26 Feb 2007 04:52 PM Skepticism Is But Step One in the Iran StoryOne thing is certain about the claims that Iran is supplying Iraqi terrorists: we haven't even begun to grasp the full story.
By Paul McLeary Mon 26 Feb 2007 03:07 PM Jason Whitlock Had a Great Time in Vegas ... Right?Was the NBA All-Star Vegas weekend a "Perfect Party" or was "Mayhem the Main Event?"
By Dan Goldberg Mon 26 Feb 2007 01:48 PM Some Creative Efforts to Take Back Foreign NewsInternational news -- who needs it? The American public, that's who.
By Paul McLeary Thu 22 Feb 2007 03:26 PM Post Spurs Walter Reed Changes, Blogging DebateSome bloggers are assailing the lack of support for the troops, while others see the Post's series as evidence of the media's anti-military and anti-war stance.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 22 Feb 2007 02:13 PM ABC's Subheds Bludgeon With RedundancyHere's a suggestion for the network's Web team: Scrap 'em.
By Edward B. Colby Wed 21 Feb 2007 05:14 PM BBC Breaks Iran Attack Plan, Bloggers WorriedA BBC article today outlined a U.S. contingency plan for attacking Iran, leaving bloggers sarcastic or spooked, but not surprised.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 21 Feb 2007 03:42 PM Beware the BloggersWhat's the one thing that Tony Snow and David Gregory can agree on? That bloggers don't get it.
By Gal Beckerman Wed 21 Feb 2007 02:25 PM The Cheney Hokey-PokeyIs Cheney up? Is Cheney down? The press corps can't seem to get the story straight.
By Paul McLeary Wed 21 Feb 2007 02:21 PM Castro's Commitment to Press Freedom is Honored ... SeriouslyOne would be hard-pressed to come up with a leader less deserving of such an award than Castro.
By Bree Nordenson Wed 21 Feb 2007 11:39 AM Press's Awkward Treatment of Diverse Prez Field BeginsWith the 2008 campaign under way, the press's attempts to shoehorn the candidates into simplistic narrative frameworks have begun, too.
By Edward B. Colby Tue 20 Feb 2007 12:20 PM Lucky Sparks New Censorship DebateAnything that borders on censorship will rile up bloggers, and the controversy over a children's book that uses a touchy word has done just that.
By Dan Goldberg Mon 19 Feb 2007 01:44 PM Truth and ConsequencesThe press, like government officials, has had no immunity from the newly coined "Iraq Syndrome" -- and that is a positive development.
By Gal Beckerman Fri 16 Feb 2007 04:21 PM Kurtz Starts Weekend Early With Lighthearted FareIt takes a talented writer to paint Michelle Malkin as the voice of reason, while portraying some liberal bloggers as violent, racist, knuckle-dragging misogynists out to destroy her.
By Paul McLeary Fri 16 Feb 2007 03:45 PM Cable Nets Blow Their Own Houses DownTo smoke or not to smoke -- it was never a question.
By Edward B. Colby Fri 16 Feb 2007 03:12 PM DaimlerChrysler Sets Off 'Frenzy of Speculation'The Detroit News makes a prophecy, and enthused journalists do their part.
By Edward B. Colby Thu 15 Feb 2007 04:40 PM Is Obama Black Enough?Steve Kroft isn't the first journalist to ask that question, implicitly or not. But does it even matter?
By Satta Sarmah Thu 15 Feb 2007 02:56 PM For ABC, Weather Equals Climate ChangeABCNews.com featured a poll Wednesday that was so egregiously nitwitted that it deserves comment.
By Curtis Brainard Thu 15 Feb 2007 11:00 AM When Does the Watchdog Bark? The Answer May Surprise YouHowever weak-kneed we think our media have been, their questions have grown more assertive, more adversarial, and more demanding over time.
By Tony Dokoupil Wed 14 Feb 2007 11:10 AM CJR Daily's Aching Prose AwardsOur roundup of the "best" and "worst" Valentine's Day print journalism out there.
By Edward B. Colby Wed 14 Feb 2007 10:35 AM An Iraqi Journalist Spoils the Pentagon-Press SynergyThe rules of anonymous sourcing don't always translate well in other countries.
By Paul McLeary Tue 13 Feb 2007 02:18 PM Fool Me Once ...Reading through the Iran weapons coverage today, we found a decent dose of journalistic skepticism, even if it was often not as prominent as we would have liked.
By Gal Beckerman Mon 12 Feb 2007 05:47 PM Post Ombud Says "It Wasn't Us! We Swear!"In which we criticize Deborah Howell's criticism of the Washington Post's Web site.
By Paul McLeary Mon 12 Feb 2007 04:21 PM Harvard Names New President, Bloggers SkepticalMany bloggers are wondering if the hiring of Drew Gilpin Faust is more than just a coincidence.
By Dan Goldberg Mon 12 Feb 2007 01:33 PM Geoffrey York On Earth's Most Polluted CityA Globe and Mail reporter talks about his queasy trip to Linfen, China.
By Edward B. Colby Mon 12 Feb 2007 12:33 PM CNBC's Big StoryYesterday the cable network provided a promising case study of the perils of reporting business news live.
By Edward B. Colby Fri 9 Feb 2007 02:15 PM Bloggers Debate GM Robot's SuicideThe automaker's Super Bowl ad depicting an assembly line robot rolling itself off a bridge was apparently a little too close to reality.
By Dan Goldberg Fri 9 Feb 2007 12:09 PM Edwards Camp Comes Under Blog FireThe 2008 election is still far off, but the Edwards duo have proven that bloggers themselves can be campaign liabilities.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 8 Feb 2007 02:12 PM Another Take on the Troop "Surge" NumbersAn email from a Pentagon correspondent makes us reconsider ...
By Paul McLeary Thu 8 Feb 2007 01:20 PM The Latest On Reporters and SubpoenasDespite some good news, it has hardly been a banner week for journalism.
By Paul McLeary Wed 7 Feb 2007 03:46 PM Astronaut Soars Across HeadlinesThe news media and bloggers have jumped on the story of Lisa Nowak's strange fall from grace: the tainted hero, intrigue and headline puns were too much to resist.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 7 Feb 2007 03:33 PM New York Woulda Been NiceA look at the flip side of speculative journalism: analyzing what could have once come to pass, years after the fact.
By Edward B. Colby Wed 7 Feb 2007 10:35 AM British Stories We Shouldn't IgnoreTaking a spin through the British press, we saw some stories that have been receiving scant attention stateside.
By Paul McLeary Tue 6 Feb 2007 02:53 PM 20,000 Additional Troops -- Give or Take 15,000For all the column inches expended on the Bush administration's plan to send more troops to Iraq, one significant aspect of the proposal has yet to be sorted out.
By Paul McLeary Mon 5 Feb 2007 03:06 PM Bloggers Herald User-Generated Super Bowl AdsIf there is one constant regarding the Super Bowl it is this: Monday morning's water cooler conversation will invariably involve commercials.
By Dan Goldberg Mon 5 Feb 2007 02:15 PM At USA Today, One Makes a TrendIt's hard to say what journalism loves more -- a comeback story or a hot trend.
By Edward B. Colby Mon 5 Feb 2007 01:30 PM The Importance Of “Seeing” The WarIn our estimation it was the closest we have gotten, via journalism, to the troops in battle in recent memory. You could feel their helplessness.
By Gal Beckerman Sat 3 Feb 2007 01:19 AM Will The Politico Foster More Horse Race Coverage?Welcome to the land of inside baseball, otherwise known as the week-old highly touted new Web site, The Politico.
By Gal Beckerman Thu 1 Feb 2007 03:30 PM Bloggers Enraged By Times Images of Soldier's DeathThe paper's coverage of a dying American soldier is sparking outrage from his family, the Army, and Web scribes.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 1 Feb 2007 02:15 PM A Newspaper Industry Casualty You May Have MissedOut in the desolate southwestern corner of New Mexico, a small newspaper in a small desert town died today.
By Edward B. Colby Thu 1 Feb 2007 12:30 PM
